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English title:
Plant sociology and soil aspects of the grassland farming
Course ID:
951301
ECTS credits:
2,0
Title in native language:
Pflanzensoziologie und bodenkundliche Aspekte der Grünlandbewirtschaftung
Term Semester:
Autumn/Winter
Instruction language(s):
German
Course content:
Methods (relevé; taking soil samples; determination of yield and fodder quality; aboveground and underground phytomass determination; evaluation of the findings)

- Ecology (significance of the temperature, water, gas and nutrient conditions for grassland farming)

- Plant communities (floristic composition; site; utilization; yield potential; fodder quality; significance for the nature preservation)

- Nature preservation (ecological consequences of non-utilization and intensification; biotope richness; species richness)
Learning outcomes:
Identification of the most important plant species and plant communities of the grassland

- Knowledge about site demands, utilization and fodder quality of the most important grassland species

- Knowledge about site, yield potential, utilization and fodder quality of some plant communities

- Knowledge about the connection climate - soil - vegetation - yield potential - utilization - species richness

- Judgement of the site quality
Exam method:
Oral

Organisation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Country:
Austria
Acronym:
BOKU
ERASMUS+ code:
A WIEN03
Teaching period summer semester:
22. Feb 2021 - 30. Sep 2021
Teaching period winter semester:
13. Oct 2020 - 21. Feb 2021